“The officers were responding to the area to check on reports of a disturbance and found the man with the rifle. Right now, we don’t know if he was directly connected to the disturbance,” said Lt. Mike Bandish of the Palm Bay Police Department. “We don’t have open carry in the state of Florida,” Bandish said.

People can remove such firearms from their vehicles or homes if they are going hunting or to a gun range, for example, Bandish added.

There were no reports of any shots fired.

Terrence Lavern Craig was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was booked into the Brevard County Jail Complex.